Dose passive smoking induce sensorineural hearing loss in children?

Objectives: Smoking plays major role in development of vascular and respiratory serious diseases. It has been reported that negative smoker children are prone for conductive hearing impairment due to repeated attacks of Eustachian tube dysfunction and middle ear effusion. This study aims to identify negative smoking as potential risk factor for development of sensorineural hearing loss.

Persistence of otoacoustic emissions in children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders.

Objectives: Many studies confirmed the disappearance of otoacoustic emissions in some of the patients with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder, yet the data about the incidence rate of such disappearance is scanty or even absent. This study aims to test the persistence of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions in patients with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder over few years.

Methods: The study group consisted of 77 subjects (31 females and 46 males).